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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Smart Grid City will easily support up to 1,000 easily dispatched distributed generation technologies including PHEVs, distributed batteries, solar and wind. A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

Revenge of the Electric Car

Another 5% comes from wind and 5% from hydro. The rest of Hawaii’s electricity is generated by burning oil. Yes, tankers of dirty, expensive oil are brought in and boatloads of money are shipped back to the oil companies. There is no pollution to speak of with these plants. Hawaii's 30 MW geothermal power plant.

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The Game-Changing Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weiner

Green Car Congress

In Israel, for instance, there are contracts to build these permanent desalination plants, but now it looks like the permits aren’t going to come through. Stanley Weiner: Now that it’s already commercially viable, the next step will be to lower the energy costs even further with wholesale solar, wind and geothermal power.

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